EMU DATA: Eurozone seasonally adjusted current account fell to -E7.5
billion in August from July’s downwardly revised -E4.1-billion level,
the European Central Bank reported. The ECB also reported that the goods
trade surplus slipped to E0.9 billion in August from July’s downwardly
revised E2.9-billion level.
— *!EMU August direct+portfolio outflow E0.8bn; July outflow E17.5bn
— EMU August direct invest outflow E11.0bn; July outflow E0.6bn
— EMU August portfolio invest inflow E10.2bn; July outflow E17.0bn
— EMU August equity invest inflow E21.7bn; July inflow E6.7bn
— EMU August bond/note invest outflow E22.5bn; July outflow E34.5bn
— EMU August money mkt invest inflow E11.1bn; July inflow E10.9bn
— EMU August nsa current acct -E10.5bn; July +E3.4bn(+E3.7bn)
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